PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Friday's Games (12/23)

Senior guard Brandon Price scored a game-high 25 points to lead the John Hardin Bulldogs to a 71-64 win over Barren County in the semifinals of the T.J. Samson Community Hospital Holiday Classic at Glasgow on Friday night.

Price also had eight rebounds and five assists for the Bulldogs (6-1), who won their sixth straight and played tournament host Glasgow in the championship late Saturday night.

Senior forward Daveon Greene added 17 points, seven rebounds and two steals, while sophomore guard Elijah Smith scored nine points. Junior forward Keon Williams had eight points and three assists.

John Hardin made more free throws (25) and than field goals (22).

JOHN HARDIN 71, BARREN COUNTY 64

Barren County       8     12     19    25—64

John Hardin         12     20     17    22—71

John Hardin (6-1)

Brandon Price 25, Daveon Greene 17, Elijah Smith 9, Keon Williams 8, Patrick Anderson 7, Matt Miller 3, Ricky Burns 2. FG: 22-50. FT: 25-39. 3-pointers: 2-13 (Smith 1-6, Price 1-4, Anderson 0-2, Miller 0-1). Rebs: 33 (Price 8, Greene 7). Assists: 10 (Price 5, Williams 3). Steals: 7 (Greene 2).

UP NEXT: John Hardin plays Johnson Central or Covington Scott at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Republic Bank Holiday Classic at Lexington Catholic.

PERRY COUNTY CENTRAL 59, CENTRAL HARDIN 58. The visiting Commodores hit a baseline jumper with 0.4 seconds left to knock off the Bruins (4-3), who were seeking their second straight win.

Senior guard Troy Squires led Central Hardin with 16 points, while junior forward Dillon Glenn scored 14 and junior guard Jacob Barnes had 12.

Perry County Central (7-1) won its seventh straight.

PERRY COUNTY CENTRAL 59, CENTRAL HARDIN 58

Perry Co. Central  10     12     15    22—59

Central Hardin     14     10     17    17—58

Central Hardin (4-3)

Troy Squires 16, Dillon Glenn 14, Jacob Barnes 12, Tyler McCullough 8, Alex Crowder 5, Cody Elmore 2, T.J. Gordon 1. FG: 17. FT: 17-26. 3-pointers: 7 (Barnes 4, Squires 2, Glenn 1).

UP NEXT: Central Hardin plays Campbellsville at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Campbellsville University Holiday Classic.

LOUISVILLE DUPONT MANUAL 59, NORTH HARDIN 57, OT. Three players scored in double figures, but the Trojans (6-4) still lost their third straight game in the Best in Hoops event at Oldham County.

Senior guard Scotty Sterusky led North Hardin with 15 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals, while junior forward Khalil Rasheed had 13 points, nine rebounds and two steals.

Senior guard Nick Lewis added 12 points and two assists, and sophomore guard Tyronn King had eight points, four assists and two steals. Senior forward Tyler Landry neared a double-double with seven points and nine rebounds.

MANUAL 59, NORTH HARDIN 57

Manual               16     10     10     12    11—59

North Hardin         8     10     19     11      9—57

North Hardin (6-4)

Scotty Sterusky 15, Khalil Rasheed 13, Nick Lewis 12, Tyronn King 8, Tyler Landry 7, J.D. Draper 2. FG: 19-53. FT: 15-20. 3-pointers: 4-14 (Rasheed 2-6, King 0-4, Sterusky 1-3, Lewis 1-1). Rebs: 38 (Rasheed 9, Landry 9). Assists: 8 (King 4, Sterusky 3). Steals: 9 (Four with 2).

UP NEXT: North Hardin plays Thursday in the Lake Cumberland Hoops Classic at Pulaski Southwestern.

LARUE COUNTY 62, HENRY COUNTY 45. Senior guard Kelton Ford continued his torrid play in leading the Hawks (4-4) past the Wildcats and into the championship of the Capital City Classic at Frankfort Western Hills.

Ford had 24 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals, while junior forward Kody Key-Close added 11 points, two steals, one rebound and one assist.

Junior forward Tyler Howell chipped in with nine points, eight rebounds, four steals and three blocks, and junior guard Thomas Harman had eight points and five rebounds.

LaRue County, which won its third straight, played Louisville Doss in Saturday’s championship.

LARUE COUNTY 62, HENRY COUNTY 45

Henry County        8     16      7    14—45

LaRue County      15     19     12    16—62

LaRue County (4-4)

Kelton Ford 24, Kody Key-Close 11, Tyler Howell 9, Thomas Harman 8, Micah Wiseman 3, Caleb Sheffer 3, Dustin Coulter 2, Jackson Venegas 2. FG: 23-48. FT: 12-23. 3-pointers: 4-15 (Close 0-4, Wiseman 1-4, Harman 2-3, Ford 1-2, Coulter 0-2). Rebs: 26 (Howell 8, Ford 6). Assists: 12 (Ford 6). Steals: 14 (Ford 5, Howell 4).

UP NEXT: LaRue County plays Louisville Shawnee at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the National Guard Holiday Classic at LaRue County.

MARION COUNTY 80, MEADE COUNTY 78, 0T. Junior guard Zeb Wilson scored 22 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Green Wave (3-6) lost their second straight game in the Bardstown Bethlehem Eagles Holiday Classic.

Senior guard Bryce Garris scored 16, while sophomore forward Micah Kaiser had 12 and freshman forward John Millay scored 11.

Meade County played Bethlehem late Saturday night.

MARION COUNTY 80, MEADE COUNTY 78

Meade County     18     13     17     21      9—78

Marion County     11     16     22     18    11—80

Meade County (3-6)

Zeb Wilson 22, Bryce Garris 16, Micah Kaiser 12, John Millay 11, Will King 6, Charles Mattingly 5, Jake Wilson 3, Connor Williams 3. FG: 26. FT: 19-32. 3-pointers: 4 (Garris 2, Z. Wilson 1, King 1).

UP NEXT: Meade County plays Arnold, Fla., at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Marlin Classic at Arnold.

GIRLS

NORTH HARDIN 46, CLAY COUNTY 42. Senior Chanel Roberts’ double-double of 22 points and 15 rebounds lifted the Lady Trojans over the Lady Tigers in the Muhlenberg County Christmas Tournament quarterfinals.

Roberts also had four assists and two steals, while freshman guard Tamiah Stanford added eight points, five rebounds and two steals.

Junior guard Kiera Jones chipped in with eight points and three assists, while junior guard Domeneque Taft scored six points.

NORTH HARDIN 46, CLAY COUNTY 42

Clay County          6     17      6    13—42

North Hardin        11      9     13    13—46

North Hardin (8-1)

Chanel Roberts 22, Tamiah Stanford 8, Kiera Jones 8, Domeneque Taft 6, Morgan Barrick 2, Brianna Edmunds 1. FG: 19-45. FT: 3-8. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Taft 2-7, Jones 2-7, Roberts 1-1, Zakayshia Pass 0-1). Rebs: 31 (Roberts 15, Stanford 5). Assists: 11 (Roberts 4, Taft 3, Jones 3). Steals: 9 (Stanford 2, Roberts 2, Barrick 2).

BOWLING GREEN 57, ELIZABETHTOWN 54. The Lady Panthers (6-2) couldn’t overcome a nine-point halftime deficit as they lost in the quarterfinals of the Republic Bank Holiday Classic at Lexington Catholic.

Freshman forward Erin Boley led Elizabethtown with 16 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals, while sophomore center Reauna Cleaver had nine points, three rebounds and one block.

Junior guard Kinsey Mudd scored nine points and sophomore guard Darien Huff scored seven.

BOWLING GREEN 57, ELIZABETHTOWN 54

Bowling Green     17     19     13      8—57

Elizabethtown      18      9     12    15—54

Elizabethtown (6-2)

Erin Boley 16, Reauna Cleaver 9, Kinsey Mudd 9, Darien Huff 7, Kaitlyn Coffman 5, Deanna Downs 4, Livie Bowling 2, Rachel Warden 2. FG: 22-36. FT: 6-12. 3-pointers: 4-10 (Mudd 3-5, Boley 1-2, Cleaver 0-1, Huff 0-1, Warden 0-1). Rebs: 23 (Warden 7, Boley 4). Assists: 20 (Warden 6, Boley 4). Steals: 6 (Boley 2).

ADAIR COUNTY 50, JOHN HARDIN 36. The Lady Bulldogs’ three-game winning streak was snapped as they fell in the Food Pantry Holiday Classic semifinals at Campbellsville.

Senior center Zacchea Small had 13 points and six rebounds, while junior guard Tajah Haley added nine points, three assists and two steals.

Senior center Michelle Montgomery chipped in with eight points and eight rebounds.

ADAIR COUNTY 50, JOHN HARDIN 36

Adair County        18     15      4    13—50

John Hardin          5     15      8      8—36

John Hardin (9-3)

Zacchea Small 13, Tajah Haley 9, Michelle Montgomery 8, Tyra Jackson 4, Tamera Taylor 2. FG: 10-36. FT: 13-22. 3-pointers: 2-16 (Haley 1-5, Emily Bohannon 0-4, Jayla Freeman 0-3, Montgomery 1-2, Jackson 0-2). Rebs: 24 (Montgomery 8, Small 6). Assists: 9 (Haley 3, Jackson 2, Freeman 2). Steals: 6 (Haley 2, Freeman 2).

ANDERSON COUNTY 63, LARUE COUNTY 54. Junior guard Ivy Brown had 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, but the Lady Hawks (6-2) couldn’t dig themselves out of a 16-point halftime deficit in the Republic Bank Holiday Classic quarterfinals.

Sophomore guard Alexis Brewer added 15 points, nine rebounds and two assists, while junior center Alley Evans scored eight points.

LaRue County made more free throws (18) than field goals (16).

ANDERSON COUNTY 63, LARUE COUNTY 54

Anderson County  15     19     15    14—63

LaRue County       7     11     21    15—54

LaRue County (6-2)

Ivy Brown 25, Alexis Brewer 15, Alley Evans 8, Haley Holt 4, Alisha Durbin 2. FG: 16-40. FT: 18-27. 3-pointers: 4-6 (Brewer 2-2, Holt 1-2, Brown 1-2). Rebs: 32 (Brown 10, Brewer 9). Assists: 10 (Brown 5, Brewer 2). Steals: 4 (Four with 1).

CLINTON COUNTY 61, FORT KNOX 34. The Lady Eagles fell to 1-8 with their seventh straight loss in the Caverna Christmas Classic’s consolation semifinals. No statistics were available.

UP NEXT: Fort Knox hosts John Hardin at 7:15 p.m. Jan. 3.

SIMON KENTON 71, MEADE COUNTY 59. The Lady Pioneers scored 23 points in the third quarter, turning a 34-all game into a 57-46 advantage going to the fourth quarter in the Republic Bank Holiday Classic quarterfinals.

Sophomore guard Morgan Turner led Meade County (6-4) with 27 points, while junior guard Raley Johnson had 17 points and eight rebounds.

Johnson and Turner combined to hit 9-of-17 3-pointers for the Lady Waves, who played Pulaski Southwestern on Saturday in their final game of the tournament.

SIMON KENTON 71, MEADE COUNTY 59

Simon Kenton      17     17     23    14—71

Meade County     19     15     12    13—59

Meade County (6-4)

Morgan Turner 27, Raley Johnson 17, Maya Luney 6, Addi Lynch 4, Kelsey Sutton 3, Megan Aebersold 2. FG: 22-44. FT: 5-6. 3-pointers: 10-20 (Johnson 4-9, Turner 5-8, Sutton 1-1, Katelyn Cucino 0-1, Alexis Greco 0-1). Rebs: 25 (Johnson 8, Luney 8). Assists: 12 (Cucino 5, Lynch 3). Steals: 7 (Cucino 4).

UP NEXT: Meade County plays Henderson County at 7:15 p.m. Thursday in the Owensboro Holiday Classic.